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Zachary Uram wrote:
So far I have an old Technics SL-PG300 CD player, Polk Audio PSW 10
powered subwoofer and Polk Audio Monitor 30 pair of bookshelf speakers
so all I need is a turntable and receiver.
My sole interest is listening to classical music so I don't care about
video and other types of input sources.
I keep reading that if you buy a turntable (LP player) you need a
dedicated pre-amp. If I buy a receiver like this one can I just plug a
turntable into the PHONO IN or do I need a separate pre-amp for it?
BTW I am thinking of getting the Harman Kardon HK 3390 as my receiver.
Do you think this is a good receiver for classical music? My price range
is $200 to $250 so this just fits in there.
I had a couple other questions:
Some receivers advertise a "trigger" for a direct connection to the
subwoofer, what exactly is this and what type of cable will I need for
that? Is the performance better than using regular RCA cable?
Also if I use regular RCA cable to connect CD player to the receiver is
that sufficient for really nice sound when listening to classical music
or would I need to make sure the receiver has an optical input and if I
do that what type of cable would I need?
Overall do you think my system will be nice? If I wanted to upgrade in
the future what is a good set of entry level audiophile floor standing
speakers (and is it true if I get such speakers they can deliver the
bass well enough such that I no longer need a subwoofer?) and what is a
better CD player I could get? I don't care about multi-discs. I actually
prefer single disc CD players.
It looks like some of your questions are specific to the HK receiver.
Yes, you need a phono preamp for a record player (the HK has one). A
good cd player will sound fine from the analog output (the HK doesn't
have a digital input).
I'd go to
http://www.harmanaudio.com/ to look for an explanation for the
trigger thing.
Stephen